Apple iPhone 8 vs vivo X9s Plus

Comparing the Apple iPhone 8 vs vivo X9s Plus across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Apple iPhone 8 runs at a higher processing speed of 2.39 GHz, while vivo X9s Plus runs at 1.95 GHz, making Apple iPhone 8 the better performer.

Display: vivo X9s Plus offers a screen size of 5.85 inches, while Apple iPhone 8 offers 4.7 inches, making vivo X9s Plus the larger display of the two. vivo X9s Plus features a AMOLED display compared to Apple iPhone 8's IPS LCD, making vivo X9s Plus the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: vivo X9s Plus offers a higher rear camera resolution with 16 MP, while Apple iPhone 8 offers 12 MP, making vivo X9s Plus better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: vivo X9s Plus offers a higher front camera resolution with 20 MP, while Apple iPhone 8 offers 7 MP, making vivo X9s Plus better for front camera photography.

Battery: vivo X9s Plus offers a higher battery capacity with 4015 mAh, while Apple iPhone 8 offers 1821 mAh, making vivo X9s Plus better for longer battery life.

Storage: Both Apple iPhone 8 and vivo X9s Plus offer the same internal storage of 64 GB.

Apple iPhone 8

₹39,900

(Out of Stock)

vivo X9s Plus

₹28,990

(Discontinued)

Summary

Release Date

29 Sep, 2017

N/A

11 Jun, 2026

Performance


Apple A11 Bionic	Snapdragon 653	MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme
Hexa Core (upto 2.39 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 1.95 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.4 GHz)
2 GB RAM	4 GB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display


4.7 inches (11.94 cm)	5.85 inches (14.86 cm)	6.8 inches (17.27 cm)
IPS LCD	AMOLED	Extreme AMOLED
750x1334 px (HD+)	1080x1920 px (FULL HD)	1272x2772 px (FHD+)
N/A	N/A	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


12 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	16 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
N/A	N/A	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Macro Camera
N/A	N/A	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3.5x Optical Zoom)

Front Camera


7 MP	20 MP + 5 MP	50 MP

Battery


1821 mAh	4015 mAh	6500 mAh
Fast Charging	N/A	90W Turbo Power Charging
Wireless Charging	N/A	Wireless Charging

Storage

64 GB	64 GB	256 GB
NVMe	N/A	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

8.0/10

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Pros

Excellent performance
Support for wireless and fast charging
Great cameras
AR apps and games are impressive

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

Dated design
Poor battery life
No headphone jack

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.2/5

(1,138 ratings)

N/A

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

355,121

AnTuTu Score

N/A

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Video

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General

Launch Date

Sep 29, 2017

(Official)

N/A

Jun 04, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

iOS v11

Android v7.1 (Nougat)

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

3 Year

Security Updates

N/A

5 Year

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg

Good

Excellent

Chipset

Apple A11 Bionic

Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Processor

Hexa Core

2.39 GHz, Dual core, Monsoon 1.42 GHz, Quad core, Mistral

Octa core

1.95 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A72 1.44 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Octa core

3.4 GHz, Single core, Cortex A725 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725

Co-Processor

M11

N/A

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

10 nm

N/A

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Apple GPU (three-core graphics)

Adreno 510

Mali-G720 MP8

RAM

2 GB

4 GB

12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

N/A

LPDDR5X

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

355,121

N/A

Display

Display Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Extreme AMOLED

Screen Size

4.7 inches (11.94 cm)

5.85 inches (14.86 cm)

6.8 inches (17.27 cm)

Resolution

750x1334 px (HD+)

1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

1272x2772 px (FHD+)

Brightness

625 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

5200 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

1800 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

16:9

N/A

19.6:9

Pixel Density

326 ppi

377 ppi

450 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

65.23 %

73.88 %

96.8 %

Screen Protection

Yes

N/A

Corning Gorilla Glass Glass 7i

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

96.8 %

Design

Height

138.4 mm

162.5 mm

162.7 mm

Width

67.3 mm

78.4 mm

75.6 mm

Thickness

7.3 mm

7.2 mm

7.19 mm

Weight

148 grams

183.2 grams

190 grams

Build Material

Frame: Aluminium
Back: Gorilla Glass

Frame: Metal
Back: Metal

Back: Plastic

Water Resistance

Yes Water resistant IP67

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69

Ruggedness

Dust proof

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good

Avg

Excellent

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera5x Digital Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle28 mm focal length Back-illuminated sensor BSI

16 MP
Primary Camera

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.812 mm focal length LYT 710 2.0µm pixel size

N/A

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Macro Camera12 mm focal length 1.28µm pixel size

N/A

50 MP
Telephoto Camera81 mm focal length 1.28µm pixel size

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes Quad LED True Tone Flash

Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

4608 x 2592 Pixels

4616 x 3464 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

Camera Features

5 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom
Optical Zoom
Face detection
Filters
Smile detection

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @240 fps
HD @30 fps

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120/240 fps

Video Recording Features

Optical Image stabilization

N/A

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion
Video HDR
Macro Video
Audio Zoom

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Good

Best In Class

Resolution

7 MP
f/2.2 Primary CameraBSI Sensor

20 MP
Primary Camera

50 MP
f/1.9 Primary Camera1.28µm pixel size

N/A

5 MP
Camera

N/A

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes Retina Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

N/A

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

1821 mAh

4015 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Silicon Carbon

TalkTime

Up to 14 Hours(3G)

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes Fast Charging 50% in 30 minutes

N/A

Yes 90W Turbo Power Charging

Wireless Charging

Yes

N/A

Yes 15W Wireless Charging

Wireless Reverse Charging

N/A

Reverse Charging

N/A

Yes 5W Wired Reverse Charging

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB / 256 GB

64 GB

256 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

N/A

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

N/A

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 700(band 29) / 2300(band 30)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 3500(band 42) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

SAR Value

Head: 1.19 W/kg Body: 1.17 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz MIMO

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/be/ax) 6GHz

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0

Yes v4.2

Yes v5.4

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

Yes with A-GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

Yes

N/A

Yes

Audio Jack

Lightning

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Audio Features

Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus

N/A

Dolby Atmos

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Front

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Barometer Compass Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Applications

FaceTime iTunes Store iBooks Podcasts Find My iPhone Find My Friends.

N/A

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